Ironing board cover

ABSTRACT

An ironing board cover having a pad structure for resting a hot iron thereon that extends transversely across the cover and is composed of upper and lower layers of fiber glass or other noscorch material and a layer of insulating pad between the upper and lower layers. The pad is fixed to the upper surface of the cover along a transverse edge facing the head end of the ironing board with means providing a relatively smooth and continuous surface from the cover onto the pad.

D United States Patent 11 1 3,636,644 ,Janetzke 1 Jan. 25, 1972 54] IRONING BOARD COVER 2,530,471 11/1950 Kopisch ..248/] 17.3 2,565,302 8/1951 Galbraith... ..38/l07 Inventor: n Jane-Ike, 2049 42nd 2,593,937 4/1952 Tiller ..38/l07 Rock Island, Ill. 61201 [22] Filed: Mar. 17, 1970 Primary ExaminerJ0rdan Franklin Assistant Examiner-Geo. V. Larkin [2]] Appl. No.: 20,192 Attorney-William A. Murray 52 us. 01 ..38/140 [57] ABSTRACT [51] Int. Cl. "D06i 81/14, D06f 83/00 An ironing board cover having a pad tructure for resting a hot Field of Search 66, 141, 1 142, iron thereon that extends transversely across the cover and is 243/1 1 5| composed of upper and lower layers of fiber glass or other noscorch material and a layer of insulating pad between the [56] Ref n Cited upper and lower layers. The pad is fixed to the upper surface I of the cover along a transverse edge facing the head end of the UNITED STATES PATENTS ironing board with means providing a relatively smooth and 1,403,088 1 1922 Lefkovits ..38/l07 x continuous surface from the cover Onto the P 2,267 ,l l2 l2/l94l Kovallk .1 ..38/l07 X 8 Claims 6 Drawing Figures PATENIEU M25 @972 FIG. I

INVENTOR. MARJORIE H. JANETZKE IRONING BOARD COVER BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to an ironing board cover that is adapted to grace the upper surface of an ironing board and which has opposite longitudinal edges adapted to extend along the underside of the ironing board and to thereby secure the cover on the ironing board. Supported on the upper surface of the ironing board and extending between the opposite longitudinal edges is a pad structure on which a hot iron may rest.

One of the reasons a person tires when ironing clothes over an extended period of time is that the hand and wrist become fatigued due to the shifting of the iron. Also, the wrist must be twisted when the iron is moved from face down to a rest position on the heel of the iron. One of the primary reasons the ironing board cover becomes scorched is that the person doing the ironing underestimates the time required to readjust the clothes on the ironing board or because of some slight interruption in ironing, while the iron is face down, which takes longer than originally thought. v

With the above in mind, it is one of the features of the present invention to provide a pad structure or device that is built into the ironing board cover adjacent the heel portion of the ironing board so that a person ironing may have a smooth and uninterrupted entry from the cover onto the pad. The pad is composed primarily of no-scorch material, such as fiber glass, and consequently the iron may rest, face down, thereon without fear of scorching or ruining the cover.

The no-scorch pad is composed of upper and lower layers of a no-scorch fabric that defines a pocket therein in which is laid a comparatively thick layer of insulating material, also of a noscorch variety, that operates to insulate the surface of the basic cover or sheet from the heat of the iron. The fabric is folded across a transverse edge that faces the head end of the ironing board, and in the first form of the invention, the cover is folded back over the head edge so as to provide a smooth surface on which an iron may slide from the ironing area of the board to the surface of the pad.

In a second form of the invention, there is provided a double layer of material that extends around the folded fabric at its transverse head edge and is sewed to both the cover and to the upper layer of the fabric. The additional material is generally of a thin cotton variety which folds easily and when sewn, as above prescribed, also provides a smooth juncture between the cover and the pad.

In still a third form of the invention, it is contemplated to provide a strip of a relatively thin material that is bonded to the surface of the no-scorch fabric along its fold so that portions of the strip extend above and below the upper and lower layers of the fabric and is bonded thereto. The fabric and strip of material are sewed to the cover along the fold and consequently the thinner strip operates to both reinforce the juncture between the fabric and cover as well as providing a smooth juncture between the cover and pad.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a plan view of an ironing board cover utilizing the preferred form of the invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially along the line 22 ofFIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially along the line 3-3 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view somewhat similar to FIG. 3 but showing a modified form of the invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view somewhat similar to FIG. 3 but showing still a further modified form of the invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken substantially at the same location as FIG. 4 but prior to the time of the folding of the noscorch fabric.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to FIG. 1, there is provided an ironing board cover 11 that is adapted to fit over any type of conventional ironing board 10 having a tapered head end and a large square heel end. Consequently, the cover 11 is provided with a complementary tapered head end 12 and a complementary heel end 13. The cover 11 is composed of a heat-reflecting sheet of fabric 14 having opposite edges, one of which is shown at 15, adapted to extend under and lengthwise or longitudinally of the ironing board 10 for securing the cover 11 on the ironing board. The edges 15 extend lengthwise of the board 10 and around the heel portion 13 and head portion 12. As is conventional, the edges 15 are stretchable and may be inserted over and under the ironing board and the resiliency of the edges 15 will hold the cover on the board. The fabric 14 is a heatreflecting fabric, usually of a treated cotton which tends to repel heat. Consequently, as the iron is placed on an article to be ironed, the heat penetrates through the article against the cover and is reflected thereby giving a proper iron to the article. However, being of a cotton material, the fabric in the cover 14 would normally scorch if a hot iron is placed directly thereon. Consequently, when a person ironing desires to stop for an instant, it is normally necessary that the person place the iron on its heel in order to prevent scorching.

A no-scorch pad structure, indicated in its entirety by the reference numeral 20 extends across the cover 1 1 adjacent the heel portion 13. The cover 20 is composed of a rectangularshaped fiber glass or other no-scorch fabric 21 that is folded back upon itself from a transverse edge 22 at the head end edge of the pad. Extending toward the heel portion of the cover 11 and from the fold 22 are upper and lower layers 23, 24 respectively extending to free edges 25, 26. The fold 22 occurs at the transverse midportion of the fabric and consequently the-edges 25, 26 are vertically aligned. In its folded condition, the fabric is substantially 9 inches long and it extends transversely the width of the board.

The layers 23, 24 consequently form a pocket therebetween that receives a scorch-resisting compressible and fiber glass material 27. Reviewing FIG. 2, the insulating material 27 extends to opposite sides of the cover to what would be the normal edge of an ironing board 10. The upper and lower layers 23, 24 extend beyond the edge of the fibrous insulating layer 27 to the edges 15 of the cover 14. In the particular instance shown in FIG. 2, the edge 15 of the cover 14 has a bias tape 31 around it and the longitudinal edges 29, 30 of the layers 23, 24, all being sewed together by a seam 28. In the present form of the invention, the no-scorch fabric 21 is of a fiber glass material and has its edges selvaged so that they may be sewed directly onto a fabric without fraying. However, characteristic of fiber glass material is that it will cut or damage quickly if a pointed object, such as the point on an iron, tends to cut across it. Consequently it is desirable to protect the edges and fold 22 of the fabric 21, and particularly on the upper surface of the cover.

In order to provide a smooth juncture from the cover surface to the surface of the upper layer 23 as well as for the purpose of protecting the fold 22 and fiber glass material 21 from the point of the iron, there is provided in the cover 14 a first transverse fold 35 along the fold 22, which permits the cover 14 to fold or bend back over the upper layer 23, and a reverse fold 36. The cover extends from the fold 36 toward the head end 12 of the cover. Means for fixing the pad 20 to the cover 11 comprises a first transverse seam 37 that fixes the fabric 21 to the cover 14 along the folds 22, 35. A second transverse seam 38 is provided at the fold 36 and between the upper layer 23 and cover 14.

At the heel end or edges 25, 26 of the fabric, the cover 14 is provided with a fold and reverse fold and the folds are seamed to the layers 23, 24 in a manner similar to that at the head edge of the pad. The seam 39 at the first fold extends between the edges 25, 26 and the underlying portion of the cover 14.

Referring now to FIG. 4 for a modified form of the invention, there is provided at the fold 22 a thin double-layer strip of cotton material 40 that has its free transverse edges 41 fixed to the lower layer 24 and cover 14 by a seam 43 at the fold 22. The strip 40 therefore has a first fold 44 adjacent the edge or fold 22 and a second reverse fold 46 above the layer 23. The fold 46 is sewed to the layer 23 by a transverse seam 45. in this particular form of the invention, the cover 14 does not have the reverse fold at the heel edges 25, 26 of the layer 21.

Referring now to FIG. 5 for a final form or modification of the invention, there is provided along the fold 22 an outer strip of relatively thin, strong material 50 that is either treated for bonding or is of such a material that it may be bonded to the surface of the fiber glass fabric 21 by applying heat thereto. The strip 50 and fabric 21 are fixed to the cover 14 by a transverse seam 51 that extends across the cover at the fold 22. The fabric strip 50 has an upper portion above the upper layer 23 and a lower portion below the lower layer 24. The fiber glass material or layer 21 may often be cut by a relatively thin thread that may be used on the seam 51. Consequently, the strip 50 as well as the previously described strip 40 will reinforce the fiber glass fabric 21 at its juncture with the cover.

FIG. 6 is shown to indicate the method of constructing the pad shown in FIG. 4. The seam 45 is first provided to secure the fold 46 to the fabric 21 and the seam 43 is then provided to secure the fabric 21, the double layer of material 40 and the cover 14 together. The fabric 21 is then folded over the insulating layer 27 and the splice or seam 39, as shown in FIG. 4, is then made.

lclaim:

1. An ironing board cover composed of a sheet of a heatreflecting fabric sheet adapted to be mounted on an ironing board and having opposite longitudinal side portions adapted to extend lengthwise of and under opposite longitudinal edges of an ironing board between the head and heel ends thereof; a relatively narrow pad structure for resting a hot iron extending transversely across the sheet between its opposite edges and adjacent the heel portion of said sheet and composed of a noscorch fabric having a fold along a transverse head edge and having upper and lower layers extending from the fold toward the heel end of the sheet and defining a pocket therebetween, and a scorch-resisting insulating pad positioned, within the pocket between the upper and lower layers; means fixing the fabric on the sheet at said fold to thereby provide a smooth entry onto the pad from the cover at said head edge of the pad; and means fixing the upper and lower layers of the pad on the cover in longitudinally spaced relation from the fold.

2. The ironing board cover as set forth in claim 1 characterized by the fabric being a single rectangular-shaped sheet selvaged at its edges and the fold is at its center so that part thereof is the lower layer and the other part is the upper layer, and the selvaged edges are above and below one another, the longitudinal edges of the sheet has bias-taped, and the edges of the folded fabric running lengthwise of the sheet are fixed to the edges at the taped edges.

3. The ironing board cover as set forth in claim 1 in which the means fixing the sheet at said fold is a transverse seam between the sheet and fabric and further characterized by said sheet having a portion thereof folded back at the aforesaid fold to overlie the top layer, said portion terminated by a folded edge offset from the head edge; and a second transverse seam between the portion and upper layer at the latter folded edge.

4. The ironing board cover as set forth in claim I further characterized by the means fixing the fabric on the sheet at said fold is a transverse seam between the fabric and sheet and further characterized by said sheet having a first transverse fold at the aforesaid fold and extending back over the upper layer to a transverse reverse fold and from thence toward the head end; and further characterized by second transverse seam means between the sheet and fabric at said reverse fold.

5. The ironing board cover as set forth in claim 1 characterized by the no-scorch fabric being of a fiber glass material and the pad being of a compressible fibrous material.

6. The ironing board cover as set forth in claim 1 characterized by the means fixing the fabric on the sheet being an additional double layer of material folded at said head edge to have a double layer of the latter material above and below respectively the upper and lower layers of the fabric, said double layer of material above the upper layer being joined at a folded common transverse edge offset from the head edge; a first transverse seam between the fabric and material and sheet at said head edge; and a second seam between the material and fabric at said common transverse edge.

7. The ironing board cover as set forth in claim 1 in which the means fixing the fabric on the sheet at said fold includes a strip of material bonded to said fabric along the fold and having portions above and below respectively the upper and lower layers; and a transverse seam fixing the strip and fabric to the sheet along the fold.

8. An ironing board cover composed of a sheet of a heatreflecting fabric sheet adapted to be mounted on an ironing board and having opposite longitudinal side portions adapted to extend lengthwise of and under opposite longitudinal edges of an ironing board between the head and heel ends thereof; a relatively narrow pad for resting a hot iron on the sheet com posed of upper and lower layers of fiber glass fabric extending transversely across the sheet between its opposite edges and defining a pocket therebetween, and a fiber glass insulating material positioned within the pocket between the upper and lower layers; an elongated narrow fabric strip having an underside underlying the lower of said layers adjacent the head edge of the pad, a fold at the head edge and an upper portion extending from the fold toward the heel edge of the pad and over the upper layer to thereby provide a smooth entry onto the pad from the sheet at said head edge of the pad; means fixing the upper portion to said upper layer; means fixing the heel edge of the pad to the sheet; and means fixing the fabric strip to said sheet at said fold. 

1. An ironing board cover composed of a sheet of a heatreflecting fabric sheet adapted to be mounted on an ironing board and having opposite longitudinal side portions adapted to extend lengthwise of and under opposite longitudinal edges of an ironing board between the head and heel ends thereof; a relatively narrow pad structure for resting a hot iron extending transversely across the sheet between its opposite edges and adjacent the heel portion of said sheet and composed of a no-scorch fabric having a fold along a transverse head edge and having upper and lower layers extending from the fold toward the heel end of the sheet and defining a pocket therebetween, and a scorch-resisting insulating pad positioned within the pocket between the upper and lower layers; means fixing the fabric on the sheet at said fold to thereby provide a smooth entry onto the pad from the cover at said head edge of the pad; and means fixing the upper and lower layers of the pad on the cover in longitudinally spaced relation from the fold.
 2. The ironing board cover as set forth in claim 1 characterized by the fabric being a single rectangular-shaped sheet selvaged at its edges and the fold is At its center so that part thereof is the lower layer and the other part is the upper layer, and the selvaged edges are above and below one another, the longitudinal edges of the sheet has bias-taped, and the edges of the folded fabric running lengthwise of the sheet are fixed to the edges at the taped edges.
 3. The ironing board cover as set forth in claim 1 in which the means fixing the sheet at said fold is a transverse seam between the sheet and fabric and further characterized by said sheet having a portion thereof folded back at the aforesaid fold to overlie the top layer, said portion terminated by a folded edge offset from the head edge; and a second transverse seam between the portion and upper layer at the latter folded edge.
 4. The ironing board cover as set forth in claim 1 further characterized by the means fixing the fabric on the sheet at said fold is a transverse seam between the fabric and sheet and further characterized by said sheet having a first transverse fold at the aforesaid fold and extending back over the upper layer to a transverse reverse fold and from thence toward the head end; and further characterized by second transverse seam means between the sheet and fabric at said reverse fold.
 5. The ironing board cover as set forth in claim 1 characterized by the no-scorch fabric being of a fiber glass material and the pad being of a compressible fibrous material.
 6. The ironing board cover as set forth in claim 1 characterized by the means fixing the fabric on the sheet being an additional double layer of material folded at said head edge to have a double layer of the latter material above and below respectively the upper and lower layers of the fabric, said double layer of material above the upper layer being joined at a folded common transverse edge offset from the head edge; a first transverse seam between the fabric and material and sheet at said head edge; and a second seam between the material and fabric at said common transverse edge.
 7. The ironing board cover as set forth in claim 1 in which the means fixing the fabric on the sheet at said fold includes a strip of material bonded to said fabric along the fold and having portions above and below respectively the upper and lower layers; and a transverse seam fixing the strip and fabric to the sheet along the fold.
 8. An ironing board cover composed of a sheet of a heat-reflecting fabric sheet adapted to be mounted on an ironing board and having opposite longitudinal side portions adapted to extend lengthwise of and under opposite longitudinal edges of an ironing board between the head and heel ends thereof; a relatively narrow pad for resting a hot iron on the sheet composed of upper and lower layers of fiber glass fabric extending transversely across the sheet between its opposite edges and defining a pocket therebetween, and a fiber glass insulating material positioned within the pocket between the upper and lower layers; an elongated narrow fabric strip having an underside underlying the lower of said layers adjacent the head edge of the pad, a fold at the head edge and an upper portion extending from the fold toward the heel edge of the pad and over the upper layer to thereby provide a smooth entry onto the pad from the sheet at said head edge of the pad; means fixing the upper portion to said upper layer; means fixing the heel edge of the pad to the sheet; and means fixing the fabric strip to said sheet at said fold. 